Ova Gardner, 101 of Neelyville, Mo. passed away Dec. 28, 2012 in the Cedar Gate Nursing Facility at Poplar Bluff, Mo. She was born November 5, 1911 in Missouri to the late Brant Isiac Deaton and Cynthia Stufflebean Deaton.
She was married to Rowland Gardner. He preceded her in death.
She is survived by her children,Everett Paul gardner of Salem, Ark. Everett Lee Gardner, Joseph Don Gardner of Corning, Ark. Bill Newton Gradner of San Jose, California Shirley Ann Pratt of Jefferson City, Mo. Johnnie Lou Leonard of Tucker, Mo. and Sophie Jean Pakula Peru, Illinois.
she is preceded in death by her husband, parents and children, Elijah arie, Henry Wayne, Roy Wesley, Merle Francis, Forie Dean and Rowland "Peck" Gardner and Gladys Virginia Shan.
Services will be held 12:00 p.m. Thursday January 3, 2013 in the Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel of Neelyville, Mo. with the burial in the Naylor Memorial Cemetery. Donnie Fowler officiating.
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